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Today I received a few photo from my friend, Wang who is currently on vacation with his gf at Chang Chun - 长春, a city located in North China.

For people like me, who haven't seen snow before, these photo are breathtaking. ~

We have a non-working weekend again!

Emma & I planned to go hang out around ShenZhen last weekend. We took morning bas from DongGuan and it took us about 1.5hours to arrive at 世界之窗 - Windows of the World, ShenZhen. Entrance tickets: RMB120.

Emma and I were not interested in themepark, so we took Metro to visit Library of ShenZhen, the center of cultural. We can see all types of performance activities there including modern or traditional musical event; local, western or international drama, book fair or photography fair, etc.


Me standing in front of the Library of ShenZhen.


My beautiful tour guide, Emma!


Live Performance from little kids...


Our delightful lunch - French baked rice with seafood + french coffee


After lunch, we went to 后街 - Houjie for shopping, a place to buy cheap dress, cheap boots, and anything that you want.






Emma introduced this local delights - 肠粉. It is also popular in Malaysia.






Night - Sleep at Huawei Empoyee Hotel (RMB135 per nights, two people sharing)






The next morning, I got down and walked aroud the area. This hotel is opened for Huawei employee only, specially for those who receive training in Huawei ShenZhen Training Center, or coming to Huawei Shenzhen for business trip.

The Huawei township mostly occupied by Huawei employee. Huawei Headquater, RND department, Training Center, Finance Department, Sales and Marketing department, and more, are also located here. The surrounding enviroment is very quiet but convenient to food, hospital, banks, sports, and etc. It is just 30mins away from Shenzhen downtown.







All in all, ShenZhen is a modern and young city!

Winter is damn nice.



The bad things is, no matter how much I have spent on the winter necessity, I still feel cold!!!

AaaRGG...how frustrating!



My learning experience:

1. Don't buy expensive winter jacket that is not made from down feather. MY winter jacket costs HKD399, the sales girl said it was made by some japanese-made light-weight cutton. It was warm when I tested it inside the departmental store; but when I walked on the street, I felt like I am wearing nothing.



2. Do not believe your friend, if they come from the NORTH. The first night when it hits below 10 degree, three of us went to supermarket to shop for winter clothes eventhough it is dark & raining outside. Both my girlfriends are from the North, they didn't bring any winter clothes as they do not expect cold weather in GuangDong by November. I told them I wanted to buy 羊毛保暖衣, wool-typed long-john, they said it is totally unnecessary in South China. I ended up buying a pair of inner wear, which can wear to work or at home. It costs RMB199 per pair. Same thing, I do not feel any insulating effect at all.




3. Buy long john! It worths!

In HongKong, many people buy long john from a brand named "CHICKS鸡仔唛". A upper shirt of inner wear 保暖衣 made of 100% cutton costs about HKD300; if made of wool, then it cost about HKD498. If I am buying inner wear of shirt and pants, that will cost about RM500!!! Phew~

When I came back to China, there are many varieties of inner wear range from as low as RMB30 to RMB300 per pcs. I bought once, and it was totally useless, thus the 2nd one, I bought a thicker one.

The material is made of 75% cutton, 10% wool, 10% fiber; inner coating is furry layer made of polyester. It costs RMB149.
I finally feel warm!



4. Buy gadget - elerecical warmer!



Look at my blanket, it is so thick, yet it fail to keep me warm.I bought this electrical warmer from Carrefour at RMB13.80. I think I heard my ex-boss, Tv, mentioned about this gadget before but I didn't aware its existence until I saw it today. Just charge for 1 to 2 mins, then it will be able to keep your hand & feet warm for 1-2 hours.

5. Visit hair saloon. I washed my hair at home, and my hair is never dry. It made you feel even colder with your hair wets.
Last weekend, I went to visit my auntie and niece in Guangzhou, we went to visit a hair saloon. If you bring your own shampoo, it only cost RMB5 for washing, blowing & massage! SYOK!!!!

Today is a happy day. We went for an inbuilding site survey at a 5 star hotel. After site survey, we walked back and had a chance to enjoy the outdoor. These are the sceneries on our way back.


A beautiful Park at the center of the city


Many trees


My office is facing this park, it's a really nice view from my working desk! =p


Beautiful City Hall


A decorative pool

I am currently under an IBS project(In-Building System) leaded by a solution manager from Beijing. I am really enjoyed learning and working under a capable and knowledgeable yet humble leader. This week is the most enjoyable working week of my whole 5 months tenure in China! I Feel happy and thankful for this wonderful chance.

It's getting really really cold in China...!!!

I bought 3 new clothes, one jean, one pair of socks from Sogo to keep myself survive from this winter~~

This weekend, yeeleng and I went to visit Huizhou. Our initial plan is to visit Hot Spring, which is written on the website, 12KM from the city. However, when we arrived at Huizhou, we found out that the city that mentioned in the website is not Huizhou capital city, it is refering to another city in Huizhou that is 2 to 3 hours away. We cancelled our hot spring plan due to unexpected distance. =(

http://www.ghl.com.cn/tourmall/line/1893.htm
http://www.51766.com/img/hzhlmwq/


We are still lucky, our Huizhou friends, Darren & SY, know another place named Xi Hu, 惠州西湖. This lake is existed in China history for over 1600 years. Famous poet Su DongPo 苏东坡, was previously demoted from his government job position and was sent to Huizhou.  His wealth including all assets, money & servants were all taken back from the government.  Despite the fact that he didn't excel in his career and his life, after he discovered this lake in Huizhou, he really enjoyed the scenery, and got inspirations on writing a lot of poem. Most of his famoust article, poems, lyrics, drawings were produced here.

My apartment is located just beside a busy street named YingFeng Rd. After work, it is quite enjoyable to walked along this road.

  
Street view of YingFend Rd

   
Many stalls setup for cheap fashions, fruits, and household items at night along YingFeng Rd.
Emma testing their accessories, guess what only RMB5 per piece!!!!


Sometimes Emma, SiaoYa & I will walked to Carrefour or Walmart for dinner, They felt like eating Crabs today, it's RMB4.50 per piece of fresh crab!!!


 

When I arrived in DongGuan, actually my August salary was not out, I didn't expect on this relocation, and I have spent a lot during my returns to Malaysia. I don't have a lot of budget for renting a place in dongguan, thus once on arrival, I stay on a cheap cheap room that costs RMB240 per month. It was really cheap but without any proper furniture, and proper bathing & toilet facility. I left the place after two nights.

My colleagues, Emma & SiaoYa recommend their apartment, YingFeng Garden Apartment 银丰花园公寓. It is about 15-20mins walking to office, fully furnished, safe environment and they are staying at this apartment also.

The price per room is RMB900 per month (tenancy contract at least 3 months), if to rent it for one month only, the landlord charged additional RMB100, and required 2 months deposits, so it is RMB3000 in total.


I saw the room on Thursday evening and moved in on Thursday night.


This is their entrance, security guard on duty 24/7, the apartment building is covered by surveilliance camera. When I come back at night, it is always bright and safe. I am quite sicked with the voice-activated lights that normally used in buildings in China, people has to walk loudly else have to walking through the dark corridor.

  

My wooden room door, not iron door like Meizhou, which make me felt like living in a prison. There is a tele-comm inside the room which got LCD display. I could see the visitor face at the entrance.


 

The room is fully furnished with cable TV, sofa, air-conditioned, fridge, kitchen, washing machine, heater. It's a dream place!

     

    

  

This is the most expensive place I have rented in China, but it is the BEST!

It is 15 minutes walking distance to Carrefour, 18 minutes to Walmart, and many restaurants, convenient store, bakery and banks just below the apartments.

Happy! Happy!